DATA VISUALIZATION
In the past few years internet companies have increased incredible economic values and powers. How powerful are them? Is it possible to visualize in a concrete way their richness? This project approaches the topic by comparing corporations with the concept of country, with the intent of reaching more easily the common sense of notion of institution by the reader. Therefore companies are presented as real nations, translating some characteristics, such as: Gross Domestic Products (GDP) into Market Capitalization, population in employees, flags as model of business category. Another comparison is made with a country from the real world (Denmark), highlighting the real but theorical connection with companies.
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From the first moment of global viral spread, the Russian-based face editor FaceApp has later prompted many security and privacy concerns among people, especially in the US. Since people usually shed inhibitions on Google, searching about their insecurities and fears, the approach takes advantage of people’s searches related to face editor apps that have similar privacy policies, mapping what people genuinely perceive. As show in the results FaceApp was perceived as troublesome in relation to privacy and security, in both the United States and Russia, in comparison to the other two apps in the research. Furthermore, Americans are more concerned with safety and privacy in terms of FaceApp than Russians. Approximately 20% of the keywords that show concerns that emerged from the American Google research queries are interconnected with Russia, indicating that the people from the United States partially unsettle with FaceApp due to its Russian origin.
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App suggestions based on the search results of users usually are precise algorithmic calculations, which help users explore more alternative options based on their interests. Exploring the semantics of the categorization is relevant in the case of face and body modification apps because of their peculiar nature that stands between different borders of classification (photographic manipulation, entertainment, editing softwares). The infographic shows how some face and body modification apps are linked to the world of health and fitness apps. This connection draws attention to the slight but still powerful significance translation that occurs on Google Play. Fake and instant bodies are associated with real, fit and healthy bodies.
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